3June 2021 ESRFnews

CONTENTS

Number 88 June 2021

On the cover: The algae that turn fat into hydrocarbons,p19 Fast X-ray techniques capture additive manufacturing in situ,p14

EDITORIAL 5 Lighting the way to a brighter future

NEWS 6 Coronavirus-variant antibodies tested 7 Circular economy enzyme comes to

Gemini; Project LEAPS to innovate 8 ERC grant shakes up earthquake science;

Inexpensive battery survives thermal runaway

9 Supercooled liquids form molecular mosaics; Modern Homo brains evolved post-dispersal

INSIGHT 11 Beyond the EBS

USER CORNER 12 Dates for the diary; Key contacts; News from the beamlines

FEATURES 14 Need for speed 19 The green revolution

PORTRAIT 25 Living to serve

Antibodies for coronavirus variants tested, p6

HUMANS OF THE ESRF 26 The diverse backgrounds of the newest

ESRF PhD students

INDUSTRY 23 Honing multi-specific antibodies